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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2004 - 17.24 July

Sections & Films

RAINING CATS AND FROGS

Category: Edition 2004

Synopsis

“The rain will be terrible! The rivers will overflow, the dams will burst and there will be flooding everywhere. Is anybody listening? A new Great Flood is coming!”. Unfortunately, nobody is listening to the frogs’ prophecy, except for the farmer Ferdinand, who manages to save himself on an improvised Noah’s ark as the bad weather sets in. It rains for forty days and nights, after which time the world is just one big ocean containing Ferdinand’s raft with the children and the zoo animals that managed to survive. The showers of rain continue. When it looks as though there’s no end in sight to the downpour, the travellers move closer together. Supplies begin to run out, but at least there’s plenty of potatoes, so the vegetarians can eat their fill. The carnivore, however, are starting to look longingly at the well-fed pigs. The mood deteriorates. Moreover, there’s one mendacious beast who sows the seeds of discord. The children have got to keep on their toes to call a halt to the machinations of this malicious creature and ensure the survival of each and every species.

Original Title LA PROPHÉTIE DES GRENOUILLES
Italian Title LA PROFEZIA DELLA RANOCCHIE
Category Official Competition
Section Kidz
Tipology Animation, Feature Film
Duration 90'
Production Year 2003
Nationality France
Directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Screenplay Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Antoine Lanciaux, Iouri Tcherenkov
Script Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Antoine Lanciaux, Iouri Tcherenkov
Director of photography Benoît Razy
Editor Hervé Guichard
Production Design Jean-Loup Felicioli
Sound Jean-Baptiste Brunhes
Music Serge Besset
Art Director Iouri Tcherenkov
Original Voices Michel Piccoli (Ferdinand)
Anouk Grinberg (la tartaruga/the tortoise)
Annie Girardot (Denise l’elefantessa/Denise the elephant)
Michel Galabru (Roger l’elefante/Roger the elephant)
Laurentine Milebo (Juliette)
Kévin Hervé (Tom)
Italian Voices Sergio Fiorentini (Ferdinand)
Anna Marchesini (la tartaruga/the tortoise)
Simona Izzo (Denise l’elefantessa/Denise the elephant)
Ricky Tognazzi (Roger l’elefante/Roger the elephant)
Kadigia Bove (Juliette)
Alex Polidori (Tom)
Produced by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Access

raining cats and frogs regJacques-Rémy Girerd

He was born in 1952 in Mars in the Loire district (France). In 1974 he dropped out of studies in medicine, taking up a course at Lyon Art School instead. Four years later he realized his first animated film and in 1984, he founded the production company, Folimage with which produced acclaimed animated films. His film LE PETIT CIRQUE DE TOUTES LES COULEURS received a César in 1988. One of his most successful films is LE BONHEUR DE LA VIE, the video of which alone has been sold 2.5 million times around the world.

 

Director’s statement

“Reality interest me because children have very real fears of being lost or losing their parents. Deep down I see films as valuable tools for the mental and psychological development of young viewers. I think children will identify with this story of two youngsters who surmount their problems to achieve something”.

Production

Folimage Valence Production
6, allée Jean Bertin, f-26000, Valence - France
phone +33 475784868
fax +33 475430692
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www.folimage.fr

 

World sales
Studio Canal
5-13, blvd. de la République, F-92100, Boulogne - France
phone +33 171759999
fax +33 171758986
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www.studiocanal.com

 

Italian distribution
Festival contact
Esse&bi Cinematografica
Largo della Gancia 5, 00195 Roma - Italy
phone +39 06 37511274
fax +39 06 37358533
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www.essebicinema.com